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Abruzzo's Lush Afterlife |
Italian archaeologists are heralding two unusual discoveries in the country's east-central Abruzzo region. |
Abu Dhabi Discovery |
A pottery vessel discovered at the oldest, best-preserved Neolithic village in eastern Arabia may be evidence of early trade. |
Swindle Solved |
A geologist has finally closed the book on a notorious swindle by analyzing drops of molten lead from a sixteenth-century site on an Arctic island. |
Damaged Fresco Restored |
Restoration of a seriously damaged fresco stolen in spring 2003 from Pompeii's House of the Chaste Lovers has been completed. |
Stocking the Paleolithic Pantry |
Paleolithic people gathered wild grasses, including cereals like wheat and barley, at least 10,000 years earlier than previously known. |
Modern Humans: Older, Wiser |
When grandparents lived long enough to pass on the knowledge they gained from extended lifespans, modern humans made a huge evolutionary leap. |
Artifacts to be Returned to Cyprus |
The Munich state court has now ruled that antiquities seized by authorities in 1997 should go back to Cyprus. |
Leather Men |
Rock art in Colorado and Kansas has offered up evidence for armored calvary among the Plains Indians. |
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